Avicenna whose real name is Abu ‘Ali al-Husayn ibn Sina was born in Afshana near Bukhara in Central Asia in about 980. He is best known as a polymath and known as one of the most valueable thinkers about Islamic Golden Age. He is known for his works about medicine and philosophy. He also known as 'eş-şeyhü’r-reîs' name which means head master in islamic world. Because of his father, their house became a center where discussions on philosophy, geometry and Indian mathematics were discussed and because of that Ibn Sina met philosophical subjects from early ages. Drawing attention with his extraordinary intelligence and memorizing the Qur'an at the age of ten, Ibn Sina learned languages, literature and religious sciences as well as geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, logic and philosophy. After having a good knowledge about these subjects, he began to medical study. He took lessons from Kusyar about medicine. When he turned age 18, he was claimed to have mastered all the sciences about his era. He wrote over 200 hundred books mostly about philosophy and medicine. Ibni Sînâ, while conducting medical researches, was influenced by some creatures that did not appear in the transmission of certain diseases that is, he sensed the presence of microbe and often mentioned in his works from these unknown creatures. It is interesting to arrive at such a judgment in a time when the microscope is not yet known. His most known books are 'El-Kanun fi't-Tıb' (Book of the Cure) and 'Kitabü'ş-Şifa' (The Canon of Medicine). These books became a textbook at all universities until 17. century. Because he was a great scholar, he was respected by the rulers of the places where he lived and took important duties.The philosopher who has been in charge of viziering for a while and whose life in Isfahan is relatively calm can not succeed in the treatment of his colic sickness. The tomb of Ibn Sînâ, who died at the age of fifty-seven during the Hemedan expedition with Alâuddevle in 1037, is in Hemedan.
Avicenna whose real name is Abu ‘Ali al-Husayn ibn Sina was born in Afshana near Bukhara in Central Asia in about 980. He is best known as a polymath and known as one of the most valueable thinkers about Islamic Golden Age. He is known for his works about medicine and philosophy. He also known as 'eş-şeyhü’r-reîs' name which means head master in islamic world. Because of his father, their house became a center where discussions on philosophy, geometry and Indian mathematics were discussed and because of that Ibn Sina met philosophical subjects from early ages. Drawing attention with his extraordinary intelligence and memorizing the Qur'an at the age of ten, Ibn Sina learned languages, literature and religious sciences as well as geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, logic and philosophy. After having a good knowledge about these subjects, he began to medical study. He took lessons from Kusyar about medicine. When he turned age 18, he was claimed to have mastered all the sciences about his era. He wrote over 200 hundred books mostly about philosophy and medicine. Ibni Sînâ, while conducting medical researches, was influenced by some creatures that did not appear in the transmission of certain diseases that is, he sensed the presence of microbe and often mentioned in his works from these unknown creatures. It is interesting to arrive at such a judgment in a time when the microscope is not yet known. His most known books are 'El-Kanun fi't-Tıb' (Book of the Cure) and 'Kitabü'ş-Şifa' (The Canon of Medicine). These books became a textbook at all universities until 17. century. Because he was a great scholar, he was respected by the rulers of the places where he lived and took important duties.The philosopher who has been in charge of viziering for a while and whose life in Isfahan is relatively calm can not succeed in the treatment of his colic sickness. The tomb of Ibn Sînâ, who died at the age of fifty-seven during the Hemedan expedition with Alâuddevle in 1037, is in Hemedan.
Major works of Avicenna ;
- El-Kanun fi't-Tıb, (ö.s), 1593
- Kitabü'l-Necat, (ö.s), 1593
- Risale fi-İlmü'l-Ahlak, (ö.s), 1880
- İşarat ve'l-Tembihat, (ö.s), 1892
- Kitabü'ş-Şifa, (ö.s), 1927
Prepared by Halil Kaçmaz
References:
http://www.felsefe.gen.tr/ibni_sina_kimdir.asp
http://www.felsefe.gen.tr/ibni_sina_kimdir_2.asp
http://www.iep.utm.edu/avicenna/
http://www.felsefe.gen.tr/filozoflar/ibni_sina_hayati_ve_eserleri.asp
https://global.britannica.com/biography/Avicenna